CHILD SAFE & VOLUNTEERS
- Our organisation is committed to child safety.
- We want children to be safe, happy and empowered. We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and volunteers.
- We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of all children.
- We have zero tolerance of child abuse, and all allegations and safety concerns will be treated very seriously and consistently with our robust policies and procedures.
- We have legal and moral obligations to contact authorities when we are worried about a child’s safety, which we follow rigorously.
- Our organisation is committed to preventing child abuse and identifying risks early, and removing and reducing these risks.
- Our organisation has robust human resources and recruitment practices for all staff and volunteers.
- Our organisations is committed to regularly training and educating our staff and volunteers on child abuse risks.
- We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and volunteers. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children, the cultural safety of children from a culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, and to providing a safe environment for children with a disability.
- We have specific policies, procedures and training in place that support our leadership team, staff and volunteers to achieve these commitments.
- If you believe a child is at immediate risk of abuse phone 000.
Downloads
| Volunteer Induction Completion ~ cream form in pack |
| Volunteer Role Description |
| St Mel's Child Safety Code of Conduct |
| volunteers pack ~ How to Complete |
| Privacy Policy |
| Volunteers Policy |
| Volunteers Agreement |
| St Mel's Child Safe Policy |
| CECV Child Safe Commitment |
| workplacesafetypolicystatement.pdf |
| Commitment to Child Safe Schools |
| Child Safe Reporting Obligations policy |